Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

वृषपुंगवमारुह्य देवोऽसावुमया सह । वरं दत्त्वा स तस्यैवं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

vṛṣapuṃgavamāruhya devo'sāvumayā saha | varaṃ dattvā sa tasyaivaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

Translation

বৃষভে আরূঢ় হয়ে সেই দেব উমাসহ তাকে বর দান করে, সেখানেই তৎক্ষণাৎ অন্তর্ধান করলেন।

Word by Word

• वृषपुंगवम्: the bull (best of bulls)
• वृषपुंगवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषपुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—वृषः + पुंगवः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘वृषस्य पुंगवः’)

• आruhya: having mounted
• आruhya: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘आरोह्य’ = having mounted

• देवः: the god (deity)
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• असौ: that (one), he
• असौ: Apposition (विशेष्य-संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that/he’

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakari (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Relation marker (संबन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-सम्बन्धसूचक (postposition) ‘with’

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे नपुंसकवत्), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having granted
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा√दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having given’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thus/in this manner’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb) ‘there’

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Particle (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्√धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘he disappeared’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) a King addressed as ‘rājan’ in adjacent verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva with Umā seated upon/near Nandin (ṛṣabha), granting a boon to a supplicant; immediately after the blessing, the divine couple fades into the sacred landscape of the Revā-tīra.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva)
• Umā
• Vṛṣa (Nandin, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine appearances and disappearances emphasize transcendence: the Lord acts, grants, and withdraws beyond ordinary grasp.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse uses iconic Śaiva imagery (Nandin, Umā) within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.